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Security Lock Uses Any USB Device Unique Serial Number for Identification [DIY]
The hackers at Makers Local 256 have created a secure door lock that can use any USB device as a unique key, from a memory stick to a mouse to an iPod. The ingenious system doesn't require to store an ....... read more
Wed,
22 Oct 2008
New Watchmen Trailer Offers Up New Footage, Same Blurry Blue Genitals [Movies]
Hoo boy, it's a new Watchmen trailer! The most anticipated-by-nerds movie of 2009 is looking pretty damned good, and this trailer, shown at the 2008 Scream Awards on Spike TV, offers up some nice new ....... read more
Wed,
22 Oct 2008
Walking House Is Lunar Module, TIE Fighter, and Cockroach Crossbreed [Robohomes]
Although it's as big as some of the apartments I'm looking now in Manhattan, the Walking House is not really a house, but a "modular dwelling system that enables persons to live a peaceful nomadic lif ....... read more
Tue,
21 Oct 2008
Old Sega Genesis Ads Remind Us of the First Real Console War [Retromodo]
Oh man, are these ads awesome. No ads really become outdated faster than ads for video game systems, with their quickly-antiquated technology, ridiculous music and hilarious editing. And boy, was Sega ....... read more
Mon,
20 Oct 2008
Improv Everywhere Creates Epic Balloon Battles Using MP3 Players [Portable Audio]
Improv Everywhere, the pranksters behind such internet classics as the Grand Central freeze and the No Pants Subway Ride, recently did a tour of four North American cities to hold their MP3 experiment ....... read more
Mon,
20 Oct 2008
How the Weird Mars Science Laboratory Floating Sky Crane Works [Awesome]
When I read that the UFO-looking Mars Science Laboratory's aeroshell would use a floating crane?called Sky Crane by NASA?to softly land the rover on Mars, I couldn't believe it. Now, watching this hyp ....... read more
Sun,
19 Oct 2008
Prepping for the Digital Conversion is Harder When You're a 99-Year-Old Grandmother [Hilarity]
This "PSA" on the upcoming switch to digital broadcasting that requires anyone who watches TV via an antenna to get a converter box is one of the funniest gadget-related videos I've seen in a long, lo ....... read more
Fri,
17 Oct 2008
NASA Chamber Tortures Hubble, Makes Spanish Inquisition Good [Space]
After its latest problems, the space telescope Hubble is back online, getting back into the whole UFO catching business while waiting for the life-extending risky repair mission that will give it a ne ....... read more
Fri,
17 Oct 2008
Motion Detector Turns on Blender, Strobe Light When Cat Nears with Hilarious Results [Cats]
Do you have a cat who loves to jump on your kitchen counter and eat your plant? If so, you have a couple of solutions. You could do something mild, like putting double-sided tape on the counters to de ....... read more
Thu,
16 Oct 2008
World's Highest Lego Tower Construction on Video [Lego]
We told you about the 460,000-brick, 96.73-feet Lego tower before, but here is the video showing how it was built by Lego experts with the help of 3,000 kids, who assembled 121 sections made with 2 x ....... read more
Thu,
16 Oct 2008
New Bravia Ad Shows Gigantic Multicolored Dominoes Falling Throughout India [Advertising]
European Bravia commercials are some of the most visually interesting ads you're likely to see, at least they have been in the past. From the thousands of bouncy balls in San Francisco to the explodin ....... read more
Thu,
16 Oct 2008
C-17 RC Model Airplane Can Probably Carry a Real Tank [C-17 Globemaster III]
I don't know if this Boeing C-17 GlobeMaster III is the biggest RC airplane model in the world, but comparing it to the now-dead previous record holder it looks like we almost may have a tie. In any ....... read more
Wed,
15 Oct 2008
New MacHeads Movie Trailer Keeps Freaking Me Out [Apple]
Kobi and Ron Shely, the producers of MacHeads, have released a new movie trailer coinciding with yesterday's MacBook 2008 event. In case you don't know about it yet, the movie is a documentary on th ....... read more
Wed,
15 Oct 2008
Homemade Handheld Dreamcast is the Stuff Dreams are Made Of [DIY]
Ah, the Dreamcast. Just whispering its name brings thousands of fanboys to half-mast, so I can't even imagine the number of popped tents this beautiful handheld Dreamcast is going to provoke. It reall ....... read more
Wed,
15 Oct 2008
How the MacBooks Are Carved Out of Solid Aluminum [Video]
Apple has confirmed their new way to make laptops in the new MacBook 2008 line-up. Previously, manufacturers?including Apple?would add layers to form a body, welding each of them to give the laptop ....... read more
Tue,
14 Oct 2008
Remember This? Looking Back at the First PowerBook [Retromodo]
With new Macbooks seemingly imminent, I thought it'd be a good time to look back in time to the first Apple laptop that changed portable computing forever: the original PowerBook. Back in 1991, Ap ....... read more
Mon,
13 Oct 2008
iLIMB Bionic Hand Comes Closer to Emulating the Real Thing [Thumbs Up]
We've written about the amazing iLIMB bionic hand before, but the newest version of it was showed off on the Today Show this morning, and it looks pretty incredible. For one, the guy who had it was ab ....... read more
Mon,
13 Oct 2008
Japan Goes Big Brother with Vending Machines with CCTV Cameras [Japan]
Following in Britain's footsteps, it looks like the Japanese government is looking to install CCTV cameras in every conceivable public place in order to keep an eye on the populous. But since it's Jap ....... read more
Mon,
13 Oct 2008
Spectacular Video of Jules Verne Apocalyptical Re-Entry [Space]
Here's the video of the fiery re-entry of the Jules Verne Autonomous Transport Vehicle, the huge European Space Agency spacecraft that carried almost five tonnes of food, air, water and fuel on board ....... read more
Sun,
12 Oct 2008
BlackBerry Curve 8900 (Javelin) Video Hands On and Comparison [BlackBerry]
Following up their review of the pre-release BlackBerry Curve 8900 (aka Javelin), the CrackBerry guys decided to shoot a video of it, including both a feature walkthrough and a comparison with the ol ....... read more
Thu,
09 Oct 2008